#E3 NEWS! 2nd day recap part 3

And last for the day(?) some Marios and a Sega Adventure/Platformer title.Mario is back!
Twice!

There's a New Super Mario Bros. 2 coming up for the 3DS. And a New Super Mario Bros. U for the, well you guessed it, Wii U. (...now, I kinda wish they'd call it the Nintendo Wuu instead...)

This first high-definition Mario Bros. game is looking pretty nice!
Like the original Super Mario Bros. 2 or Mario Galaxy 2, this one will be a direct sequel of a previous Mario title.
It will feature up to 5-players in co-op.
Check out these lovely pics:

I recognize the usual themes and tropes of Mario levels.
Looking great!

And here's the debut trailer:



I'm glad to see the first big new Mario mainstream game being a sidescroller on this new system!

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Remember Sega and Double Fine partnership?
Here's a new gameplay trailer for The Cave!



This all-new sidescroller adventure/platformer from the mind of Dave Grossmann is looking pretty nice^^

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And that is all for this time, I guess~
Oh wel. Back to work...

#E3 NEWS! Random guest start for Sonic Transformed

It seems Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed will get an even more random guest that the previous game (Banjo & Kazooie for the Xbox 360 version of Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing)....

Sega of America announced the "real life" guest Danica Patrick - a pro Nascar driver - will be racing alongside de likes of Joe Musashi and Vyse.

Since she's pretty much literally unknown in Europe, people are guessing she might be absent from our Pal release of the game...nothing confirmed yet.
Anyway, she'll be joining the roster of the game alongside her own racing car. She's gonna start participating to the game's marketing, starting November 3 with a Sonic themed Nascar.

Danica has posted this tweet recently:

SO excited to be at ‪#E3‬ for @sega and sonic the hedgehog! Come say hi at the ‪#segae3‬booth! ‪#sonicracingtransformed‬

Nobody saw this coming, heh? :P
So I guess this means we can get "real" characters...like Segata Sanshiro perhaps...?

Does this mean she'll represent SEGA ip Daytona USA in-game?

#SEGA NEWS! announcement of The Cave - Double Fine & Sega team-up!

After some teasing for a while on Ron Gilbert's part, Double Fine's all-new title has finally been properly announced!

And what a twist, it will be produced by Sega!
Sega is (not only my fav but also) one of those producers that has always been for more original IPs than just recycling sequels all the time.
(well, besides the usual annual Sonic game)


These last couple years, Sega West's been pretty much open about a rich and varied digital lineup.
They just announced a partnership with Double Fine Productions (Tim Shaffer's company, responsible for the likes of Psychonauts and Brutal Legends).
Their latest project? A strange platformer-adventure game from Ron Gilbert (creator of Monkey Island)!


This new IP will be called The Cave - no relation to the indie title Cave Story! - it has been announced for early-2013 for console systems and PC in download only.
Check out the Official Website.
 

The game seems to be a pretty fun looking sidescroller.
Ron promised various surprises and interesting bits.
It's about a fantastic underground cave you will explore from a team made from 3 characters you'll select (Maniac Mansion-style). The story is about an amusement park and an hidden basement to explore, with castles and whatnot underground.


It's a concept that has been on Ron Gilbert's mind for quite a while actually.
It will be Ron's first real project since he joined Double Fine recently, and the studio's first collaboration with Sega.
Ron's been quite happy with the teamwork with Sega, they still believe in original titles and adventure nowadays!

Check out this first trailer~


THE CAVE - Vidéo d'annonce par SEGA

Looking quite fun and promising actually^^
Can't wait to hear more on this one!

#SEGA NEWS! Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed announced!

Sega finally officially announced the Sega All-Stars Racing sequel.
Only it's dropping the Sega in the title and will now be titled Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed!
Let's check it out~

First of all, like the more recent Mario Karts (the one on the Gamecube) or some Donkey Kong racing games, it's adding some gimmicks to the gameplay.

I'm not sure how I actually feel about it. I mean, the classic kart formula was perfect to me. They didn't need to add stuff like that... Oh well.
Like the "transformed" part implies, the vehicles will be able to transform depending on the circuit's environment. That is, the "cars" will now transform into planes or boats according to where the road will lead you.

Well executed, it might work enough. But one or two gameplay problems and it might give the game sluggish controls...

The game is supposedly coming out this year on almost all platforms, PS3, 360, PC, Vita, 3DS,etc...
Sumo Digital is still on this one.
This new title will offer 16 brand new races, from Sonic levels to Panzer Dragoon and even Shibuya (Jet Set Radio!).
New characters will count at least  Vyse from Skies of Arcadia and Gilius Thunderhead from Golden Axe!
The game will also feature a Story mode of some sorts.

Here's some pics:

And a trailer already!



No Wii? Probably for Wii-U then, a launch title no doubt.

I'm a big Sega fan at heart, so I'm a lot more interested in this new Sega crossover than, say, a Sony or Nintendo one.

Honestly? Not feeling much the new transformable vehicles. At best it might be passable, at worst it will be just plain annoying and gimmicky. Making this new game more easier forgettable than the previous one...

Well, let's hope they'll use some ideas from that Art Jam I organized some years ago! :P

#Gaming News! Anarchy Reigns - 3 more characters!

Here's some news on the upcoming PlatinumGames title!

Looks like the MadWord pseudo-sequel Anarchy Reigns will get three more new characters, it's good to also see some new faces after the latest announcement of Bayonetta joining the roster.

The game will debut this July, and we didn't got any more news as of late...

Three characters have been finally announced now, all at the same time! And for a reason, the sisters Rin-Rin, Fei-Rin et Ai-Rin will share the same gimmicks and motifs, but will each enjoy a different gameplay element, a different weapon.


Enjoy:







Looks mighty fun!

Everyone's expecting the multiplayer mode, but the solo campaign(s) will also be pretty solid from the sounds of it!

Day one, yo! (which for me, is pretty rare :P)

Jet Set Radio Future: Character Select

Let's all celebrate the upcoming release of Jet Set Radio (1) on HD consoles by looking back at the best JSR game (in my own opinion), Jet Set Radio Future!!

More specifically, all the dances from the character select "menu" from JSRF.

Let's dance:



Oh man... to bad the Pal version of the game isn't backwards compatible with the Xbox 360... come on Sega, convert this on in HD as well and then release it on a special disc alongside the first game!!!!

#AprilsFool - Assassin's Creed for Kinect & Sega Bass Fishing of the Dead

Another one I wanted to post here, just 'cause.

Yeah, we might be April 2 already, but it's not a reason to miss this awesome Kinect Assassin's Creed trailer Ubisoft released yesterday :P



I dunno for you, but I find this one hilarious! XD

Update! Oh, and how could I forget Sega's awesome Sega Bass Fishing of the Dead!!?



For the Wii-U, obviously! XD
This one was Sega of America's April's fool. Sega of Europe was that other one.

#AprilsFool - Google Maps goes 8 bit and Sega send killer dolphins

While last year, my silly Booster Gold TV show-joke turned real (and I still can't believe it!), this year there's been a couple of neat April's fools around the interwebz already this early.

Including my all-fav so far, past years included, GoogleMaps in 8-bits!



Go try it out in GoogleMaps, just click on the Quest button! Try it while it's still available, like the Pac-man game previously.

Meanwhile, Sega's playing it parodic with...

ECCO: WATER WARS 2!!
Check it out!

Gamin' NEWS! more on #AnarchyReigns + Transformers

Here's a couple of videogame news!
3rd person action games it is for t'day!
First up, Sega and Platinum Games just released two new trailers for Anarchy Reigns, on both Sega's (SegaSide) and Platinum's (PlatinumSide) website of the game.

Duality is the key word here.

They both highlight Jack Cayman and Leo's scenario. (which just goes to confirm this game's simply MadWorld 2 at heart)
Enjoy:








Loads of gameplay and CGi cinematic scenes in there!
It is basically a continuation of the story of MadWorld. And the game itself plays pretty similarly in the singleplayer mode. (the multiplayer will be more action/match/arena oriented)


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Meanwhile, Activision released an all-new trailer for their own Transformers: Fall of Cybertron.
This sequel to War for Cybertron is looking pretty promising, if you ask me.


And I'm not a fan of Transformers (mostly a casual fan you can say), but seeing these "dinobots", "insectbots", etc. come together in this epic conclusion.. High Moon did a great job of improving an already fun enough game.




Keep an eye out for this one, 'round August 28.

Gamin' NEWS! Anarchy Reigns gets a Bayonetta

Here's some news on the Sega front.

The pseudo-sequel to Madworld (Wii), Anarchy Reigns, gets a proper release date as well as a new bonus character.
The game is sheduled for July 6 now.
This beat 'em all will be mutliplayer focused, but still contain a long enough and decent single player campaign.
It will mostly play similar to Madworld (allowing combos, grabs and the use of weapons/objects to defeat your opponents).

Joining the cast of this "Madworld 2" alongside Jack and some new ones will be Bayonetta guest-starring in this game. (and add the rumored Vanquish protagonist and this will become a Platinum Games epic crossover - fitting for Platinum Games' last collaboration with Sega!)

Oh, and apparently, she'll be DLC and pre-order bonus.

Looking forward for this title?
I do!

Deleted Scenes - Streets of Rage Reboot

There's been various attempts to make another Streets of Rage at Sega.
Some ended up completely scrapped on early stages, other became different games during production. (and perhaps we'll get to that in another "deleted scenes" post o' mine another time...)

The latest to date?

A Streets of Rage Reboot from the now defunct-Grin studios, already behind the 3D sidestroller remake Bionic Commando Rearmed at Capcom.
It seems they started working on this revival of the Megadrive classic right after BCR.

So what happened exactly?
Well, one thing really.
Grin shut down, they went bankrupt.
That is why Capcom developed Rearmed 2 at Fatshark.

Anyways, here's some in-game footage:

Source Eurogamers.
^Follow the above link to also get a look at another remake, Stryder, they were working on!